The monthly payments he received until he died were a reward for his silence.

Source: http://www.crazydaysandnights.net

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This deceased mostly TV actor is primarily known for the title character he played on a TV show a number of decades ago.

He had another career related to film prior to this and he also did it again later in his career.

This actor also ran into legal trouble after his show went off the air and he spent a short time in jail. The lifestyle he lived after that seemed lavish considering for the rest of his life he made one shot tv appearances, starred in straight to video grade D films and did other work that isn’t considered well paying.

When he went to jail, he held his tongue about who he was actually working with.

Many of these people were famous and well connected as well as wealthy.

The monthly payments he received until he died were a reward for his silence.

Dan Haggerty

Daniel Francis Haggerty was an American actor who is best known for playing the title role in the film and television series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams.

Haggerty lived on a small ranch in Malibu Canyon with an assortment of wild animals that he had tamed at birth or rescued from injury. In 1977, his beard caught fire from a careless restaurant patron carrying a flaming cocktail. Trying to put the flames out, Haggerty received third-degree burns on his arms. Production on The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams television series was halted while Haggerty recovered. In 1991, Haggerty was again hospitalized after a motorcycle accident left him in a coma, recovering with no aftereffects.

In 1985, Haggerty was convicted of selling cocaine to an undercover police officer, receiving a prison sentence of 90 days and three years’ probation.

Death

Haggerty was diagnosed with spinal cancer after undergoing back surgery, when a tumor on his spine was discovered in August 2015. He died of spinal cancer on January 15, 2016, in Burbank, California. – Source